6 out of 8 trekkers missing in Himachal Pradesh rescued

Six out of eight trekkers, who went missing in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, have been rescued today after they were located during an aerial survey.Speaking to news agency ANI, Kullu Deputy Commissioner Hans Raj Chauhan said that they have been found during an aerial survey in the a

Six out of eight trekkers, who went missing in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, have been rescued today after they were located during an aerial survey.

Speaking to news agency ANI, Kullu Deputy Commissioner Hans Raj Chauhan said that they have been found during an aerial survey in the area. The eight engineering students went missing in bad weather in Parvati Valley near Chandrakhani Pass in Kullu district more than fifty hours ago while on a trekking trip.

Three teams of ITBP were pressed into rescue work after teams from a local mountaineering institute and the police failed due to the weather. A helicopter was pressed into service yesterday, but failed to make much headway due to the weather.

All the students belong to Punjab's Sant Longonwal Institute of Engineering and Technology. The students were identified as Hitendra Sharma from Theog, Chetan Chori and Saurav Sharma from Ambala, Ankush Kumar from Gurdaspur, Rohit Kumar from Bhagpat district in Uttar Pradesh, Anil Kumar from Hamirpur, Akshay Kumar Bura from Chamba and Bharat Prakash from Kullu district.

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